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THE GRAND CHALLENGES

With every click, tweet, and text we collectively generate a torrent of data that is becoming one of the most abundant and valuable resources on the planet - but for whom? We asked a crowd of experts, "How can we make our data work for us and not against?" These Grand Challenge areas emerged from a network analysis of that collective input. If solved together, we believe they will catalyze a new data economy – for the people, by the people. Join us in answering the challenges and adding your voice to the global conversation: We The Data!

(VIDEO)The World of Big Data – seen thru the eyes of The Economist’s data editor, Ken Cukier

There is a lot of information in the world today, and it is growing at a very, very fast pace. The good news is, that we can do new things with it, that we never could before. The bad news is, that is leaves us in a whole new perilous environment, with which society is unprepared.

In this video, Ken Cukier, the data editor of The Economist, shines a light through the possibilities and pitfalls of Big Data.